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 Posted - October 04 2015 : 09:47:09 AM
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Since it is Fall, I thought I would post a Fall and Halloween colour Loco...
Life-Like
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Posted - October 04 2015 : 09:52:38 AM
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nice and colorful mike,mine is a john english light mikado ken
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Posted - October 04 2015 : 11:57:59 AM
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cool
I only has ONE freight car from a IGA set 
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Posted - October 04 2015 : 4:52:09 PM
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Here's one for Microbusss. My LOTW is a fully functional British 00 Airfix Railway System Fowler 4F that I got at the train show with the box for $38.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - October 04 2015 : 5:00:45 PM
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My Mantua Belle of the 80's 4-4-0. I scratch built a new deck plate. Runs well now.
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Posted - October 04 2015 : 5:47:50 PM
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Today at the New Hope train show I got this Tyco classic. A New Haven E7A. And it runs.
frank
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Posted - October 04 2015 : 8:48:31 PM
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| Some fine locomotives.
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Posted - October 04 2015 : 11:34:39 PM
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Great stuff. That IGA loco is the toast. My contribution is this old Mantua Geep working her
little electric heart out at our club's show at the Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, Texas. The
shot reminds me of a railfan trip to the Northeast Corridor in 1975.
A head on view:
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Posted - October 05 2015 : 1:04:46 PM
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Is it just me or is the middle driver counterweight backwards?
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Posted - October 05 2015 : 10:55:52 PM
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quote: quote:
Is it just me or is the middle driver counterweight backwards?
Originally posted by dastumer - October 05 2015 : 1:04:46 PM
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Looks pretty typical to me, honestly.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - October 06 2015 : 12:06:30 AM
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My LOTW, a Tyco F7 in C&O.
It ran great right out of the box.
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Posted - October 06 2015 : 01:46:13 AM
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quote:
arrgghh THAT the exact loco I has!
Needing couplers & buffers for it! 
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Posted - October 06 2015 : 10:01:17 AM
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quote: quote:
arrgghh THAT the exact loco I has!
Needing couplers & buffers for it!
Originally posted by microbusss - October 06 2015 : 01:46:13 AM
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I saw that coming. Sadly, I can't find a way to dismount the buffers anyway so yeah.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - October 06 2015 : 11:43:02 PM
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Ben I have a pair of buffers. You are welcome to them.
I have no idea what they're from.
Note that they are oval, not round.
Regarding the couplers, do you have any Tri-ang ?
These may be usable. Not sure.
I may be able to dig up a pair of those, as well.
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Posted - October 07 2015 : 12:22:43 AM
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Sharp!
quote:My LOTW, a Tyco F7 in C&O.
It ran great right out of the box.
Evan
Originally posted by PGE33Â -Â October 06 2015Â :Â 12:06:30 AM
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Posted - October 07 2015 : 12:23:54 AM
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Wowsers! thats pretty cool!
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Posted - October 07 2015 : 7:59:45 PM
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Wow, Mike, first locomotive with the color purple I've seen! Like it a lot!
If I can't fix it, I can fix it so it can't be fixed.
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Posted - October 07 2015 : 9:02:26 PM
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quote:Wow, Mike, first locomotive with the color purple I've seen! Like it a lot!
Originally posted by trainman280Â -Â October 07 2015Â :Â 7:59:45 PM
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LOL, well...I think a scheme like this is a "love it or hate it" one. No, don't love it 
http://tycodepot.com/
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Posted - October 11 2015 : 07:30:35 AM
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| I've found some local hobby shops here in the US are a good source for Tri-ang couplers - they're packaged as Bachmann "Thomas the Tank Engine" parts.
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Posted - October 11 2015 : 1:08:30 PM
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quote:I've found some local hobby shops here in the US are a good source for Tri-ang couplers - they're packaged as Bachmann "Thomas the Tank Engine" parts.
Originally posted by Vanderbilt - October 11 2015 : 07:30:35 AM
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Oh yeah, those things. I have some Hornby, Bachmann Branchline, Dapol, and Airfix to confirm that they are all compatible with the Thomas stuff. They actually work pretty good with them, typically.
-Steve
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Posted - October 19 2015 : 01:13:11 AM
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This is so funny.
Ben, guess what came across my workbench today.
Yes, an Airfix 4F Fowler!
I can say that the couplers are the same as Tri-ang.
They appear to clip on, but a little trimming and a hole tapped, and I'm sure you could mount them just fine.
Also, I compared buffers, and the ones I have would not look out of place.
Still interested?
Evan
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